Mummudi Naveen, Jalali Rakesh
Department of Radiation Oncology 1129, Homi Bhabha Block, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai - 400012 India.
F1000Prime Rep. 2014 Aug 1;6:71. doi: 10.12703/P6-71. eCollection 2014.
Health-related quality of life has become an important end point in modern day clinical practice in patients with primary or secondary brain tumors. Patients have unique symptoms and problems from diagnosis till death, which require interventions that are multidisciplinary in nature. Here, we review and summarize the various key issues in palliative care, quality of life and end of life in patients with brain tumors, with the focus on primary gliomas.
在原发性或继发性脑肿瘤患者的现代临床实践中,与健康相关的生活质量已成为一个重要的终点指标。从诊断到死亡,患者会出现独特的症状和问题,这需要多学科性质的干预措施。在此,我们回顾并总结脑肿瘤患者姑息治疗、生活质量和生命末期的各种关键问题,重点关注原发性胶质瘤。